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Memo to Yankoff: invest in Tylenol...
Memo to Yankoff: invest in Tylenol...
...metric tons of the weapons-grade uranium over the next several years. It will be diluted and resold as fuel for commercial nuclear power stations. The deal -- no price attached yet -- will help keep the uranium out of the wrong hands and provide funds for the Russians to invest in improving the safety of their nuclear power plants. The U.S. will benefit from a long-term supply of relatively low-cost fuel for its power stations...
Over the years, there have been repeated efforts to invest the U.S. government with the cachet of divine authority. "In God We Trust" was first stamped on currency in the 1860s. "Under God" was inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance during the McCarthyist 1950s. George Bush campaigned in 1988 to have the flag treated like a sacred object. And perhaps every revolution is doomed to be betrayed, sooner or later, by its progeny. It only adds insult to + injury, though, when the betrayal is dressed up in the guise of "traditional values...
...Besides, 10,000 rubles is not a lot of money these days. "We cannot give more than we have," says Yeltsin. But any Russian who decides not to invest directly can sell the voucher for cash or exchange it for shares in one of the mutual funds that the government and private companies plan...